RemoteHost vs Runloop

Runloop costs $0.108 per vCPU-hour. RemoteHost runs Firecracker microVMs and limits a session to 72 hours. Runloop runs microVMs.

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RemoteHost

Isolation
Firecracker microVM
Free tier
7-day free trial
Max session
72 hours

Runloop

Isolation
MicroVM
Free tier
$50 credit
Max session
Not listed

What is different

9 fields differ. The rest are the same or not listed.

RemoteHost
Runloop
RAM, per GiB-hour
RemoteHost: Included
Runloop: $0.0252
Storage
RemoteHost: Free
Runloop: $0.00034236 per GiB-hour
Free tier
RemoteHost: 7-day free trial
Runloop: $50 credit
Paid plan from
RemoteHost: $20 / month
Runloop: Pay as you go
Billing
RemoteHost: Bundled machine time
Runloop: Per second
Largest sandbox
RemoteHost: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Runloop: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Isolation
RemoteHost: Firecracker microVM
Runloop: MicroVM
SDKs
RemoteHost: TypeScript
Runloop: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
RemoteHost: MCP
Runloop: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Full comparison

18 fields, at each provider's list price

Pricing

vCPU, per hour
RemoteHost: Not listed
Runloop: $0.108
RAM, per GiB-hour
RemoteHost: Included
Runloop: $0.0252
Storage
RemoteHost: Free
Runloop: $0.00034236 per GiB-hour
Free tier
RemoteHost: 7-day free trial
Runloop: $50 credit
Paid plan from
RemoteHost: $20 / month
Runloop: Pay as you go
Billing
RemoteHost: Bundled machine time
Runloop: Per second

Limits

Max session
RemoteHost: 72 hours
Runloop: Not listed
Idle stop
RemoteHost: Not listed
Runloop: Not listed
Largest sandbox
RemoteHost: 8 vCPU · 16 GiB
Runloop: 16 vCPU · 64 GiB
Concurrent sandboxes
RemoteHost: Up to 2,000
Runloop: Not listed

Platform

Isolation
RemoteHost: Firecracker microVM
Runloop: MicroVM
GPU
RemoteHost: Not listed
Runloop: Not listed
Snapshots
RemoteHost:
Runloop:
Pause and resume
RemoteHost:
Runloop:

Developer

SDKs
RemoteHost: TypeScript
Runloop: Python, TypeScript
Integrations
RemoteHost: MCP
Runloop: OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP

Trust

License
RemoteHost: Not listed
Runloop: Not listed
BYOC
RemoteHost: Enterprise, on hardware you own
Runloop: Deploy to VPC, Enterprise plan

Hourly cost

One sandbox running for one hour

RemoteHost
Runloop
1 vCPU · 2 GiB
RemoteHost: Not listed
Runloop: $0.158
2 vCPU · 4 GiB
RemoteHost: Not listed
Runloop: $0.317
4 vCPU · 8 GiB
RemoteHost: Not listed
Runloop: $0.634

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Which one fits

Based on the fields above

Runloop fits when

  • You want to pay only for usage, with no plan fee.
  • You use the OpenAI Agents SDK.
  • You need a desktop in the sandbox.
  • You need a sandbox larger than 8 vCPU · 16 GiB.

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